CVE-2014-8750

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8750
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-15 14:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2 before 2014.2rc1 allows remote authenticated users to access unintended consoles by spawning an instance that triggers the same VNC port to be allocated to two different instances.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Nova All All All All
Application Openstack Nova 2014.2 milestone1 All All
Application Openstack Nova 2014.2 milestone2 All All
Application Openstack Nova 2014.2 milestone3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA60227 - OpenStack Nova VMware VNC Port Allocation Security Bypass Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - [OSSA 2014-035] Nova VMware driver may connect VNC to another tenant's console (CVE-2014-8750) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software » Message: [openstack-announce] [OSSA 2014-035] Nova VMware driver may connect VNC to another tenant's console (CVE-2014-8750) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.openstack.org Vendor Advisory
Bug #1357372 “[oss-security] [OSSA 2014-035] Nova VMware driver ...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
OpenStack Nova VMware driver 'get_vnc_port()' Function Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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